AFTER ALMOST 58 years of independence and all the great things required for an improved infrastructure, one thing in India has not changed, and that is discrimination. There is discrimination in every field.

People have used discrimination for everything: politicians have used it for votes and the common people for getting things easily. Brahmins always looked down upon people from the reserved categories. But now, Brahmins are looked down upon by people from the reserved categories.

However, all this has not really changed the picture of the modern India. In the past, women did not have many rights, and they fought for them. But, now they also want their life to be easier, so they have started demanding 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament.

What has the country really gained from reservations? The mechanical engineering department of the College of Engineering, Pune, has 20 girls in it, almost half of them have not cleared all semesters.

The youth is frustrated regarding the increased reservations, because the world does not applaud them for merit, rather the system that promotes quotas gives more opportunities to those who have wasted earlier opportunities.

Several questions come to my mind: Why does the government not look at issues at lower level? Being a Brahman will there be a future for me in India? What is the future of my children, if I want to come back to India? What discrimination will my children face in India? I know that they will face it here too, but it is a totally different issue. But, I am in a foreign land, so I can understand. But, in my own country I will see divisions everywhere.